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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  central park in the middle of the city. We talk. He just came from debate at ... suggest we walk in a direction neither of us know. Alan knows downtown ... different. It’s out of place. Like a round peg trying to fit in the square

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... Rosenberg, had gone to MIT. I went in to talk with him and told him and he

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the ... company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds ... more holidays in the fall than we do in the spring: a 4-day Indigenous Peoples Day weekend in mid-October, and this month, a 3-day Veterans Day

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  holding in common the highest caliber of character, conscientiousness, and ... community in my career, and I remember how scary and surreal it was for ... next spring to the Class of 2015:   i wrote this to the students in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  ! Peep the other two puzzle boxes that will be completed and glued in the ... offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your dorm or libraries all weekend. In my opinion though, there’s more to life

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... up in time for breakfast Naked brunch Regular brunch Sushi in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... in African-American communities that enjoy concentrated popularity ... Madonna's popular simplification of vogueing, of Beyonce J-setting in the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... -face-is-melting-from-lack-of-sleep exhaustion. I like to dabble in the ancient and storied art of The Doodle, so I thought I’d try to capture my last three Fridays and compile them in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... my Astrophysics pset (I typed up answers in LaTeX.) So, I doubled back ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... of portraits of the 67 individual resident physicists. Each poses in ... Dirac Medallist smiles awkwardly in front of an innocuous upside

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... ...you actually AREN'T doing work, because the total work in circular motion is zero ... ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... Princeton in the first place?   This isn't just false humility. It ... played by accident in their lives. There's a lot of other good things Lewis

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... still in college, or, blinded by the bright lights of the Beyond, have ... works. So with that established, here at 25 things I've learned in my 25

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be ... with since I'd done really well in BC calc, but decided to take anyway. I ... , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty ... our fate, in fact, everyone got a letter and you pretty much knew if you ... day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  West Coast-ers and international students take note: when it snows in Massachusetts, the precipitation comes down in shovelfuls. Now if you're like ... ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a ... weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... ?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you are each doing what

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010